"Time and Space Warrior" directed by Zhang Ran held a press conference in Beiping. The investment in the film reached 120 million US dollars, setting a new record for co-production. The film invited Keanu Reeves, the actor of "The Matrix", as the leading actor, and plans to start filming in April next year. -- Beijing Times

As the director and producer of "Time and Space Warrior", the rate of return is naturally the point that Zhang Ran considers the most, he said, Hollywood first-line male stars can make this movie go all over the world, and the previous domestic films were regional, but this one did not. -- West China Metropolis Daily

In addition to announcing the two leading actors, Zhang Ran also announced two Chinese actors, Zhang Ziyi and Liang Jiahui. In addition, there are many Chinese faces in the film. But who will play these actors, Zhang Ran said that casting will be carried out in China, but there is a primary condition, that is, good English, because the crew is an international team!" - "Yangcheng Evening News"

Zhang Ran's new film has not only been tracked and reported by domestic media, but many overseas mainstream media, including "Los Angeles Times", "Variety", "Screen", etc., have also shown great interest and keen attention to this most high-profile film in China.

The Los Angeles Times devoted half a page to a detailed report on "Time and Space Warriors" under the headline "Keanu Reeves Starring Chinese Movie Aims to Captivate Americans' Eyeballs." The analysis of this article does not only stop at the film itself, but also focuses on whether Chinese films can open up new channels in the North American market, as well as the cultural barriers between China and the United States.

In addition to the introduction of the movie, "Variety" also introduced Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran graduated from UCLA. He returned to China to teach, and in a year he made two films, one of which won the Golden Crow Award at the Fantasy Film Festival. One won the Best Film Award at the Tokyo Film Festival. "Variety" believes that Zhang Ran is following a similar path to Ang Lee, but he is more commercial.

"Screen" directly quoted Zhang Ran: "Keanu is very good, he will be a key factor in attracting audiences from different cultures, and with this film, we have the opportunity to let more people outside of China know about Chinese films." ”

With the release of media news, the Internet is becoming more and more boiling. The happiest are undoubtedly science fiction fans, and there are many good science fiction stories in China. It's just that there are not many directors in China who are willing to shoot and don't have the ability to shoot. After many science fiction fans see a good story, their first reaction is that Hollywood can make it. Now I suddenly heard that "Six Beings of the Realm" was going to be made into a movie. And with Hollywood superstars joining and investing 120 million, the excitement is hard to describe in words.

"Damn, I'm so excited! I finished watching "Time Prisoner" last year. I think China can only rely on Zhang Ran to make science fiction films. As a result, he and Jay Chou went to make a music movie. I was so angry! I didn't expect a surprise to come all of a sudden!"

"He Xi's novel "Six Beings of the Realm" is especially suitable for making movies, and "Exotic" is also suitable for making blockbusters!"

""Six Beings of the Realm" is good, but I think Da Liu's "The Wandering Earth" and "Full-Band Blocking Interference" are more suitable for making movies, and it would be better to make these two novels!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, how is the novel "Six Realms of Beings", is it good? Who has an electronic version, send me a copy!"

"I went, I haven't even watched "Six Realms of Beings". Last year's Galaxy Awards!"

"Zhang Ran only made two movies, one was a TV movie. None of them have been released now, can he do it, can he really make a good-looking blockbuster?"

"Luc Besson and Keanu Reeves are optimistic about Zhang Ran, you question it, you are sick! 1.2 million Zhang Ran can make a movie as awesome as "Time Prisoner", and now it has 120 million US dollars, what reason is there to question him?"

In the midst of discussions, the movie "Time and Space Warrior" can be said to be known to everyone among science fiction fans and Chinese movie-paying fans.

Influenced by "Time and Space Warriors", the sales of "Science Fiction World" in January skyrocketed by 50,000 copies, because of this issue of He Xi's masterpiece "The Broken Heart". At the same time, several publishing houses contacted Science Fiction World to request the publication of He Xi's science fiction collection.

When fans were cheering, industry insiders were also talking, but unlike the optimism of fans, industry insiders were not too optimistic about Zhang Ran's movie.

Invest $120 million, how much does it cost to pay back! The risk is too great! Last year, John Woo's "Wind Whisperer" invested $115 million, with the superstar Nicolas Cage joining, and in the end the North American box office was only 36 million, making MGM bankrupt. John Woo has filmed blockbusters such as "Broken Arrow", "Changing Face", and "Mission Impossible 2", but Zhang Ran has only made two small-budget movies, purely looking for death!

Of course, there are also people out of jealousy, Zhang Ran can get an investment of 120 million yuan after winning a few awards overseas, I am much better than him, and no one is willing to invest in millions!

People with self-aggrandizing tend to die miserably, Zhang Ran is too inflated!

Countless peers waited to see Zhang Ran's jokes, and waited to see his "Time and Space Warrior" hit the street at the box office, breaking his mouth full of teeth.

In the last life, Hollywood stars went to China, eating roast duck and climbing the Great Wall were the standard for receiving these foreign stars. Zhang Ran didn't do any tricks, and took Keanu Reeves to tour the Great Wall, eat roast duck, and visit the alleys.

Brody looks a little melancholy, but is actually a teaser. He was very interested in the tricycle, so he let Zhang Ziyi sit in the car, pedaled the small tricycle in the alley, and experienced the daily life of the people of Beiping.

The tricycle was walking through the alley, Zhang Ran's mobile phone rang suddenly, and when he picked it up, he saw that it was Li Xiaowan's phone.

As soon as it was connected, Li Xiaowan's voice came: "Zhang Ran, I heard that your new film is going to be cast from China?" Zhou Xun and Chen Kun are very good in terms of acting skills and image, if you want to think it is appropriate, tell me." ”

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "No problem, I will arrange for them to audition when the time comes, if they can use your people, they will definitely not use other companies." We don't talk to each other as a family!"

Li Xiaowan smiled when she heard Zhang Ran say this: "Just have your words, you can contact me when the time comes!"

It didn't take a few minutes to hang up Li Xiaowan's phone. Chen Zhenghong's phone called: "Zhang Ran, your movement is too big." I've gotten several phone calls, all asking me to bring you a message. I hope to be able to participate in your new film. You don't care about the role, you don't need to be paid!"

"Brother Chen, an audition will be arranged in February, let them try it out then, but you also know that I choose actors according to the needs of the role, and I definitely won't ask for it if it doesn't meet the requirements!"

"I know, I can't shirk helping others. That's right. "Before Dawn" will be broadcast at the end of the month, you have to leave some time to come out, and the publicity will definitely be indispensable to you!"

"How will it be the end of the month. At the end of the month, the Spring Festival is over, and the students are also going to school, and the ratings are definitely not as high as during the Spring Festival!"

"There's no way, Chen Guolin has no one on the TV station now. Someone gave him little shoes to wear!"

Zhang Ran had planned to take the students to the United States at the end of the month. Although "Before Dawn" is a TV series, it also contains its own hard work, and it is impossible to ignore it: "No problem, after the premiere of "Before Dawn", I am taking students abroad. ”

"I really don't understand you, I've never seen a teacher like you, and you're so good to the students in the class!"

"If you are willing to give up, you can only get if you are willing to give up, and people can't just look at the immediate benefits! There are some things that I can't do alone. I need the strength of these kids!"

In addition to Li Xiaowan and Chen Zhenghong, there were countless calls to Zhang Ran. There are old friends, and there are people they don't know, but they all want to participate in Zhang Ran's new film for one purpose.

At the same time, the entrance of Qingying Studio has become very lively, and some brokerage companies have come to deliver the information of their artists, only hoping to be selected by Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran is not surprised by the reaction of domestic brokerage companies and actors, and now "Hero" has only opened the curtain of domestic commercial films, and the film and television industry in the mainland is still quite backward, except for Zhang Ziyi and Zhao Wei, mainland actors can basically only play soy sauce in Xiangjiang movies. For example, Fan Binbin played soy sauce in "Hedong Lion's Roar" and "Heavenly Change", and even Zhang Ziyi played soy sauce in "Shushan" before winning the Oscar in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Now Zhang Ran is a transnational blockbuster in his hand, the producer is the great director Luc Besson, and the starring role is Hollywood superstar Keanu Reeves.

Two days later, when Keanu Reeves and they left Beiping, Zhang Ran suddenly received a call from the General Bureau, asking Zhang Ran to resubmit "Burst Drummer" for trial. The reason was not said, Zhang Ran did not ask, everyone knew it.

This time, the submission for review is obviously a face-saving project, and it will definitely be able to pass the review.

In fact, the whole incident was as Zhang Ran expected, the press conference of "Time and Space Warrior" was too loud, especially Zhang Ran's slogan shouted beautifully "Promote Chinese culture", which attracted the attention of the leaders above.

In the past two years, with the improvement of China's economic strength and position in the global economic market, China's international status and international influence have also been expanding. However, how to improve China's international image is a big problem, and the government has taken great pains to create a good cultural image of the country in order to achieve cultural dissemination to the outside world.

Now there are young directors who are working with international filmmakers to promote Chinese culture, and the government is definitely very supportive. Therefore, there are leaders in charge of culture who speak, so that young directors with ideals and ambitions should support more!

When the leaders above spoke, the bigwigs of radio and television were a little hairy in their hearts. What would the leaders think if they knew that "The Bursting Drummer" had not passed the review? They would think that we were suppressing young directors, and that something big was going to happen! As soon as the leaders of the General Administration put it together, this matter cannot be delayed, so let it go quickly!

Two days later, the General Administration issued a notice that "Burst Drummer" and "Bloody Notes" both passed the review, along with the script of "Time Warrior".

After receiving the news that the film had been reviewed, Han Shanping dialed Zhang Ran's phone and said sincerely: "Zhang Ran, your hand is so beautiful, the leaders above spoke directly, and they should support a young director like Zhang Ran more." In the future, as long as your film does not make principled mistakes, I am afraid that no one will dare to easily block your project. ”

"There's no way, other people's backstage is so hard, if I don't make a big noise, I'll die a miserable death. Only by making things bigger, they will have scruples, which will make crying children have candy to eat!"

"You kid can play a monkey with your hair glued, it's too good!"

"What am I in front of you old rivers and lakes, I have to learn from you!" Zhang Ran said modestly.

Zhang Ran has seen too many open and secret battles, and when the annual Chinese New Year movies were released in the previous life, it was a war, smearing opponents, making rumors, and even releasing pirated copies of other people's movies, and all kinds of indiscriminate methods emerged one after another. He doesn't like these methods, but sometimes he has to use them to survive.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ran showed a hint of a smile. The movie has finally passed the review, and the next thing is to officially release it, and the fight is the quality of the movie. He has absolute confidence in the quality of the film! )

PS: There are many domestic directors who want to make sci-fi films, and some companies are willing to try, for example, some companies are ready to shoot Zhao Haihong's "Io Kasda". That novel is very exciting, and it doesn't need any special effects, but it just can't pass the review, because the subject matter is sensitive, and I don't know what is sensitive about the cloning theme. In reality, the story of "Six Beings" is estimated to be difficult to pass the review even if it is put abroad, and a company once planned to make a zombie film and put the story abroad, but the script was still killed. The story of "Six Beings of the Realm" involves a government conspiracy and will definitely be killed, so it can only be YY in the novel.